Any Ortho Novum 7/7/7 Users Out There?

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Registered: 09-25-2006
Any Ortho Novum 7/7/7 Users Out There?
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Thu, 09-28-2006 - 6:11pm
This will be my first time using BC pills. The doctor gave me Ortho Novum 7/7/7 to use. I would like to know who here is using it or has used it in the past? I will start taking it this coming Sunday and I am feeling a little anxious about using it.
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Registered: 12-30-2003
Thu, 09-28-2006 - 8:43pm

Hi goddes_coolchic, welcome!


      Jill

    

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Sat, 09-30-2006 - 8:59am

Hello! I was on Ortho Novum 777 for several years; from the time I was 16 until about 25 or so. I'm 33 now. I didn't know those were still out there, because I haven't heard them mentioned in years.

They were pretty good to me I would say. I remember some pretty nasty PMS though. Major mood swings (LITERALLY laughing one second and crying the next.) I didn't know what was going on. It just took a few months for my body to adjust and for me to control my emotions a little better. lol! I just made sure I had Midol PMS with me at all times. lol! I also had a problem with breast tenderness. My nipples would burn etc.

Other than that, they worked just fine for me.

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Registered: 09-25-2006
Sat, 09-30-2006 - 11:02am

Thanks for the info! Yes I will be using them for the next couple of months, but then after that the Health Unit where I go to will no longer be carrying them. This will be my intro to birth control pills, and because I have read a lot of interesting and not so interesting things about BC pills I just thought that I would find out more about this brand.

If you have used another brand with little to know side effects to it, please don't hesitate to let me know, before the "BIG" switch!

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Registered: 10-03-2003
Sat, 09-30-2006 - 10:58pm
I took that pill for 3 years before I started having kids.
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